Legal Analytics Platform

Leveraging the latest advances in artificial intelligence together with our in-house legal expertise, Lex Machina has created a unique Legal Analytics Platform that enables you to craft successful strategies, win cases, and close business. Our Legal Analytics® Platform is delivered via on-demand subscription.

Analyze Courts and Judges

Want to compare the history of contracts litigation among different district court judges in the Central District of California? Use our platform to see the number and percentage of contracts cases filed and terminated before the particular judges you care about over a specific period of time. Easily compare analytics across judges, jurisdictions, and areas of law. With Lex Machina, you can also easily view:

How likely is a judge to grant or deny a specific motion?
How long do cases take to get to a grant of a permanent injunction, to trial, or to termination before a judge?
How likely is a judge to find infringement of a patent, fair use of a trademark, or a Securities Act violation?
How long does it usually take for a case to reach termination before a particular judge?

Showing comparison between Christina A. Snyder (CAS) of C.D.Cal., Terry J. Hatter Jr. (TJH) of C.D.Cal., Dean D. Pregerson (DDP) of C.D.Cal., and Central District of California, for all federal district court Contracts cases pending between 2009-01-01 and 2024-09-05.

Evaluate Opposing Counsel

Whether you are working on a pitch or assessing a new matter, Lex Machina enables you to quickly uncover crucial insights on the litigation experience of your opposing counsel (law firm or attorney) and to start formulating potential strategies. Within minutes, you can analyze:

Your opposing counsel’s experience before specific judges and courts
Your opposing counsel’s client list
Which law firms have the most experience against your opposing counsel

Quickly view your opposing counsel’s clients, track record representing plaintiffs/defendants/counterclaimants, and case count. If you want to see which law firms have the most experience against your opposing party, our Law Firms Report can provide a ranked list of these firms along with links to the cases they were involved in.

Showing 1,011 damage awards from federal district court cases with Greenberg Traurig as a law firm; totaling $1,781,532,775; awarded to the law firm's client.

Evaluate Parties In Your Matter

Within moments, you can analyze a party’s litigation track record before specific judges and courts, ascertain the likely timing to key events in the particular court, and view damages awarded in similar cases. This helps you quickly understand a party’s litigation history, such as:

Where the party tends to file suit
How many lawsuits they have been involved in
Their track record before a specific judge
Whether to consider a transfer of venue
How long it may take to litigate your case

AI Text Summarization for Lex Machina

Get AI-generated complaint summaries to select district court case pages within the Lex Machina platform. The summaries convey the nature of the case, plaintiff and defendant information, alleged harm, and requested remedies. These complaint summaries aid legal professionals by saving hours of research time, highlighting potential client impact, and augmenting business development opportunities.

This is a breach of contract case brought by Guaranteed Rate, Inc. ("Guaranteed Rate") against former employee Timothy Ray Harris Jr. ("Harris") in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Guaranteed Rate is a Delaware corporation in the mortgage banking industry with its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois. Harris is an individual residing in Jefferson County, Alabama. Guaranteed Rate claims Harris breached his employment contract by failing to repay a $110,000 signing bonus after resigning prior to completing two years of continuous employment. Under the contract terms, the signing bonus would only be earned if Harris completed two years of employment. If Harris resigned early, he agreed to repay the bonus within 10 days. Harris resigned after approximately 3 months. Despite demand from Guaranteed Rate, Harris has not repaid the bonus.Guaranteed Rate claims damages of at least $110,000 in unearned signing bonus. Guaranteed Rate seeks compensatory damages, interest at 9% from date of default, attorney's fees, costs, and any other relief deemed appropriate by the Court.

Craft Winning Case Strategy

Comparing two law firms to see whose cases terminated faster? Investigating whether a party has ever been involved in cases with high damage awards? Lex Machina's unique filters enable you to narrow in on the cases that matter to you. Charts and graphs on every case list page provide you with the answers and solutions you need—without having to drill down into each and every case. Gain customized insights that help you uncover strategic information and visualize trends, and use these when approaching a case, defending against legal action, or assessing the parties and attorneys involved.